Killer Whales and Snowy Mountains

This morning we went to Eden's Killer Whale Museum. This was once a large whaling area both for ship based whaling and shore based whaling. The killer whales and the shore whalers actually worked together to capture large whales. The museum explains how that worked as well as the story of the whalers and the groups of killer whales that the townspeople had actually named. It's a fascinating story.

Jeff at the museum sign

After seeing the museum we did a little bike maintenance in the parking lot. As we finished the work it started to rain lightly. But 20 kilometers from town and up into the hills the rain stopped but it stayed cool all day. The road out of town took us to the Snowy Mountain Highway. This is an interesting road, it goes up into the mountains and looks like a rain forest, then it changes to desert and then again back to a typical mountain forest. In the first section we met one of the Far Riders that was at the Saturday event. He was on his way home but taking his time. The mountain sections are nice and twisty, the desert section is fairly flat but not really straight, it has big sweeping curves. There are many road signs warning of animals, especially kangaroos. And we saw plenty of them. They were on the side of the road, on the hillsides, in fields and on farmhouse lawns. The ones on the side of the road are the real concern as they tend to be suicidal and think getting hit by a motorcycle is great sport.

We reached the town of Tumut just as it got dark. We saw a Subway restaurant so that is what we ate tonight. The sandwiches are pretty much the same as in the states except for the sauces. They are also $7.75 instead of $5. Tomorrow morning we may try their breakfast sandwiches. But tonight we are going to enjoy the warm room and hopefully get the chill off of our bones.